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      A compact fission detector for fission-tagging neutron capture experiments with radioactive fissile isotopes 

      Bacak, M.; Aïche, M.; Bélier, G.; Berthoumieux, E.; Diakaki, M.; Dupont, E.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (Elsevier, 2020)
      In the measurement of neutron capture cross-sections of fissile isotopes, the fission channel is a source of background ...
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      First results of the 230Th(n,f) cross section measurements at the CERN n_TOF facility 

      Michalopoulou, V.; Stamatopoulos, A.; Vlastou, R.; Kokkoris, M.; Tsinganis, A.; Diakaki, M.; Eleme, Z.; Patronis, N.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
      The study of neutron-induced reactions on actinides is of considerable importance for the design of advanced nuclear systems ...
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      First results of the 241Am(n,f) cross section measurement at the Experimental Area 2 of the n_TOF facility at CERN 

      Eleme, Z.; Patronis, N.; Stamatopoulos, A.; Tsinganis, Andrea; Kokkoris, M.; Michalopoulou, V.; Diakaki, M.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
      Feasibility, design and sensitivity studies on innovative nuclear reactors that could address the issue of nuclear waste ...
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      Fission program at n_TOF 

      Tassan-Got, L.; Colonna, Nicola; Diakaki, M.; Eleme, Z.; Manna, A.; Sekhar, A.; Stamatopoulos, A.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2019)
      Since its start in 2001 the n_TOF collaboration developed a measurement program on fission, in view of advanced fuels in ...
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      Investigation of the 240Pu(n, f ) reaction at the n_TOF/EAR2 facility in the 9 meV–6 MeV range 

      Stamatopoulos, A.; Tsinganis, Andrea; Colonna, Nicola; Kokkoris, M.; Vlastou, R.; Diakaki, M.; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Palomo Pinto, Rogelio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wrigh, T. (American Physical Society, 2020)
      Background: Nuclear waste management is considered amongst the major challenges in the field of nuclear energy. A possible ...
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      Neutron-induced fission cross section of 234 U measured at the CERN n_TOF facility 

      Karadimos, D.; Vlastou, R.; Ioannidis, K.; Demetriou, P.; Diakaki, M.; Vlachoudis, V.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2014)
      The neutron-induced fission cross section of 234U has been measured at the CERN n-TOF facility relative to the standard ...
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      Neutron-induced fission cross section of Np 237 in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n-TOF facility 

      Diakaki, M.; Karadimos, D.; Vlastou, R.; Kokkoris, M.; Demetriou, P.; Skordis, E.; Wisshak, K.; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2016)
      The neutron-induced fission cross section of 237 Np was experimentally determined at the high-resolution and high-intensity ...
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      Preliminary results on the 233U capture cross section and alpha ratio measured at n_TOF (CERN) with the fission tagging technique 

      Bacak, M.; Aiche, M.; Bélier, G.; Berthoumieux, E.; Diakaki, M.; Dupont, E.; Gunsing, Frank; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2019)
      233U is of key importance among the fissile nuclei in the Th-U fuel cycle. A particularity of 233U is its small neutron ...
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      Preliminary results on the 233U α-ratio measurement at n_TOF 

      Bacak, M.; Aïche, M.; Bélier, G.; Berthoumieux, E.; Diakaki, M.; Dupont, E.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
      233U is the fissile nuclei in the Th-U fuel cycle with a particularily small neutron capture cross setion which is on ...
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      Study of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 237Np at CERN's n_TOF facility over a wide energy range 

      Stamatopoulos, A.; Tsinganis, A.; Diakaki, M.; Colonna, Nicola; Kokkoris, M.; Vlastou, R.; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wright, T. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
      Neutron-induced fission cross sections of isotopes involved in the nuclear fuel cycle are vital for the design and safe ...
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      Study of the photon strength functions and level density in the gamma decay of the n + 234U reaction 

      Moreno-Soto, J.; Berthoumieux, E.; Dupont, E.; Gunsing, Frank; Serot, O.; Litaize, O.; Diakaki, M.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2019)
      The accurate calculations of neutron-induced reaction cross sections are relevant for many nuclear applications. The photon ...
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      Towards the high-accuracy determination of the 238 U fission cross section at the thres hold region at CERN – n_TOF 

      Diakaki, M.; Calviani, M.; Duran, I.; Tarrío, D.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP sciences, 2016)
      The 238U fission cross section is an international standard beyond 2 MeV where the fission plateau starts. However, due ...